Aloke Prasad wrote:
> How widespread are the gardens you visit?
Well, wherever they are in the district. The major problem is the hilly
terrain. Two days ago I visited a garden that is just 5 miles away as
the crow flies (GPS), but just getting there by jeep took 3 hours. Some
estates along the border of Nepal are indeed pretty hard too reach, but
I truly enjoy trekking through and along the estates once in a while.

> I visited Darjeeling as a tourist when I was a child (living in Calcutta).
You really should come up here one of these days. Almost everything has
changed, except the terrain ;-)

Where do you live now, if I may ask ?

Karsten / Darjeeling